Home ScienceHave you split the atom in your kitchen? Made your own fireworks? Fired a bacon rocket through your window?
We love home science experiments - tell us about your best, preferably with instructions.
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chthonic, Thu 9 Aug 2012, 17:25)
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home made gunpowderapparatus
sulphur powder, iron filings, bonfire, gcse clay 'art', deoderant canister (lynx africa), pestle, mortar.
method
-nick some sulphur and iron filings from the chemistry lab.
-borrow your mums pestle and mortar
-mix different quantities 'for the sake of science'
-add to art class clay models and throw on garden bonfire.
results
smelly smoke and lots of pretty sparky fizzing
conclusion
gunpowder burns fast rather than converts to gas as modern explosive does. this will not destroy your clay model. throwing a deoderant canister on the fire will have the desired effect tho.
(, Fri 10 Aug 2012, 13:20, 2 replies)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunpowderlive and learn.
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Rotating Wobbly Hat That's not a banana. THIS is a banana., Fri 10 Aug 2012, 19:24,
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wikipedia was merely a gleam in douglas adam's eye at this time.1990. if only i had wikipedia when i was a youngling.
(, Mon 13 Aug 2012, 17:22, closed)
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